The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-27
NOTES.
Revolving Testimony Laid Before the
Michigan Legislators
Regarding Illegal Traffic in Young
Girls Of Large Cities.
An Insane Farmer Commits Murder
and Suicide.
Ex-senator Paddock to Succeed Van
Wyck from Nebraska.

Senator Paddock to Succeed Van
Wyek from Nebraska.
NEW YORK, Jan, 21.-A Lansing,
Michigan, special says: A startling story
of depravitY and vice was laid before the
house judiciary committee by Represent
alive Bartlett Breen of Menominee. BEeen
has been investigating for some time the
stories of the manner In which young
girls were inveigled from Chicago, Mil
waukee, st. Louis and Canadian cities
into the lumber regions of the
Upper Peninsula, land q revolving
state of Things has been unearthed There
IL perhaps no other place In the country"
SAID Breen, where such q state Of deprav-
lty exists. In new new settlements trad
ing In young girls for Immoral purposes
seems to be an established business. Ad.
veHtisements and cunning devices are
used in coaxing working girls from their
homes. These girls are kept In rough
board shAnties ana tents. There are Q
dozen or more In each place and q system
of fines Is in vogue by which the poor
wretches are kept constantly in debt TO the
oveFseer. Dogs are kept to guard against
the girls running away. In one case
which has been fully Investigated q girl
escaped after being shot in the leg and
took refuge In Q swamp Dogs were let
loose on her trail and gang of overs0ers
started after her. She slept in the swamp
one night, but was finally hunted down
and taken back TO her den. l personally
investigated the way in which Chicago
glrl of undoubted respectability was kid
mapped. She was decoyed from an hon
orable life by an advertisement Offering
large wages in boarding house. When
she had nearly reached her distinAtlon
she for the AIst time learned
the horrible life che was going to and
sought to turn back but was compelled by
force to go on"
In order to stop this lnhuman traffic
Representative Breen and Representative
Thompson OF Delta are urging two meas
ures. In these efforts they are seconded
by Circuit Judge Grant of HoughEon and
by the public opinion Of the upper PENN
sul0.
HELD KoR MURDER.
JERSEY OITY,N. j. Jan. 21.-The four
PInkerton men arrested last night for kill
ing Thomas Hogan, q sixteen-year-
boy, were arraigned in the Gregory street
police court at 8 o'clock this morning.
Their names are Thomas. SheeheY, MOrtOa
MOriarty, Daniel Cahill and Samuel A.
Neff. Ex-Msyor Gilbert Collins APP
peared for the prisoners and ex-Judge
John A. McGrath for the state. Detec.
tive Pearson stated that he was directed
Of murder against the four men.
Counsellor Collins said that he thought
the charge should be more explicit,
in view OF the fact that the charge of MUIR
der could only be against one OF the pris-
oners. Judge McGrath called James
Stewart Of No. 154, Madison street, Ho-
boken. He pointed to Sneehey, and said.
"That's the mAnm Immediately Mayor
Collins requested that the prisoners b re-
manded for further examination, until he
was able TO confer with them.
The judge remRnded the prisoners. An
additional charge was preferred against
Neff for assault and battery upon q ten.
year old boy namGd Casey, living on
Fourteenth street, this city. A number
of witnesses were produced who testified
that at noon yesterday ct the scene Of the
murder they saw Nef hurl his club 0t a
party OF boys on the ice near the coal
yards, The club struck young Casey.
Nef then drew q revolver and pointed ct
the boys. Judge Stilson held the prison.
er in $500 baltic await the action OF the
grand jury.
MURDERED BY AN INSANE HUSBAND.
WEATHERFoRD, Texas, Jan. 21.-Near
ARn06 Hc6IoIOdFe OOun OlCkGYs = L6Im0EN
without any warning, murdered his wife
by breaking her skull with stick of
wood. He then killed his three-year.old
child, which was In the arms of its grand.
mother, In spite Of all that could be done
by the grandmother to save the chIld's
life. TAe murderer then walked to the
side of his dead wife and shot himself
through the head. Dickey two or three
weeks ago gave signs Of temporary insan-
kvrR OH fax N Z.
had fully recovered.
GEORGIA EXECUTION.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Jan. 21.-Preston
Valentine was hanged at AS this after
noon. The crime for which he was
hanged was q cold blooded and premeGli-
tAted murder. His victim was an old
man named Wales. who was employed
as anight Waterman at the stables of the
Street Car company OF this city. On the
morning Of September II, 1884, the dead
body of the old man was found In the
office Of the superintende e so disfigured
by blows upon the mead and the action Of
the fire that the features were not recoR.
nizable. The body had been saturated
with coal oil and match applied before
life WAS extinct, and the Cow of blood
was partially instrumental In extinHuish-
ing the fire on the floor. The desk In
the superintendent's Office had been
broken open and robbed Of s34. VaIen-
tine at once disappeared and eluded ar
rest for eighteen months, but was finAlly
located at Low Moor, Virgins, where
he was arrested, tried and convicted.
SHOT AN INNOCENT BYsTANDER.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-While Police
man Chas. D. Adams was taking some
prisoners this noon from the TOombs
police court to the prison below they
passed by the door leading 20 the street.
The door was open and one Of the pris-
oners, James Murray, aged IS years, made
dash for liberty and ran down Center
street hotly pursued by an officer. The
latter fired two shots, one missed Murray
and took effect In the left breast of Pan.
toinella Gauale. aged % years, who was
standing in front of his fathers drug
store. "I'm shot," groaned the young
fellow falling heavily. The bullet struck
him three inches above the heart. The
fugitive, Murray, escaped In the exotic
ment, as did the other prisoners.
New Railroads Chartered.
TOPEKA, Kas, Jan. 23.-Two new rail-
roads have been chartered here, which,
although Incorporated under different
names, will be practically under the same
management. One road is the Kansas
Valley and Will build from q point near
Kansas City west along the valley of Kan.
sAs to the western boundary Of the state
and thence to Denver, Colorado. The
capital stock Of the company is placed at
SO 100000.
The sacond road Al to ha